Designing sandwich polymer matrix composite panels for structural integrity in fire

Composite Structures

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-467

  Gu, Pei ^a   Asaro, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design diagrams; Material degradation; Polymer matrix composites; Sandwich panels; Temperature dependent materials

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIRES; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MATERIALS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX; POLYMERS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WELDS;

BENDING STIFFNESS; COMBINED LOADINGS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CRITICAL LOADS; DESIGN DIAGRAMS; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITIES; MATERIAL DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL DESIGNS; MECHANICAL LOADS; MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS; SANDWICH PANELS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MATERIALS; VESSEL STRUCTURES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; STIFFNESS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 59249089853     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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